Category: COTTON

More and more things around here fall into my big indigo vat! ~ I’ve often written about indigo, so I don’t think anybody doubts my undying love for the blue stuff. I usually dye on wool, but indigo works on all natural fibers, so here’s a bit of indigo dyeing I did on cotton. I […]

A while ago, I tried the classical combination of indigo and the Japanese technique shibori, for the first – and definitely not last – time. I dyed a handful of cotton t-shirts and shirts from local second-hand shops. Traditionally, arashi shibori was made by tying fabric around a wooden pole. The patterns thus achieved are […]